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Douglas F. Covey

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
79
Citations
20091
World Ranking
4368
National Ranking
2128

Douglas F. Covey publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 400 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Douglas F. Covey D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Douglas F. Covey sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 79 D-Index — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Douglas F. Covey is affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis in the United States. Their research spans several areas within the biological and medical sciences, with a focus on biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, neuroscience, and medicine.

The scientist's work covers multiple subfields, including molecular biology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, genetics, surgery, and developmental neuroscience. Their research topics reflect a broad engagement with neuroscience and neuropharmacology, receptor mechanisms and signaling, cholesterol and lipid metabolism, Hedgehog signaling pathway studies, anesthesia and neurotoxicity research, anesthetic and sedative agents, and lipid membrane structure and behavior.

Recent papers authored by Douglas F. Covey include:

  • 7-Dehydrocholesterol is an endogenous suppressor of ferroptosis, 2024, Nature
  • Cholesterol Stabilizes TAZ in Hepatocytes to Promote Experimental Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis, 2020, Cell Metabolism
  • 25-Hydroxycholesterol amplifies microglial IL-1β production in an apoE isoform-dependent manner, 2020, Journal of Neuroinflammation
  • Lysosomal GPCR-like protein LYCHOS signals cholesterol sufficiency to mTORC1, 2022, Science
  • Site-specific effects of neurosteroids on GABAA receptor activation and desensitization, 2020, eLife

Douglas F. Covey frequently collaborates with a number of co-authors, including:

  • Mingxing Qian
  • Kathiresan Krishnan
  • Alex S. Evers
  • Slobodan M. Todorovic
  • Gustav Akk

The primary publication venues for Douglas F. Covey's work are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • British Journal of Anaesthesia
  • The FASEB Journal
  • Journal of Lipid Research
  • Frontiers in Pharmacology

These venues, alongside the variety of topics and subfields covered, illustrate the interdisciplinary nature of their research, which integrates molecular mechanisms with broader physiological and pathological processes.

Best Publications

  • Lysosomal cholesterol activates mTORC1 via an SLC38A9-Niemann-Pick C1 signaling complex

    Brian M. Castellano;Ashley M. Thelen;Ofer Moldavski;McKenna Feltes

  • The Transcription Factor STAT-1 Couples Macrophage Synthesis of 25-Hydroxycholesterol to the Interferon Antiviral Response

    Mathieu Blanc;Wei Yuan Hsieh;Kevin A. Robertson;Kai A. Kropp

  • Pentylenetetrazole-induced inhibition of recombinant gamma-aminobutyric acid type A (GABA(A)) receptors: mechanism and site of action.

    Ren Qi Huang;Cathy L. Bell-Horner;Mohammed I. Dibas;Douglas F. Covey

  • Enrichment of endoplasmic reticulum with cholesterol inhibits sarcoplasmic-endoplasmic reticulum calcium ATPase-2b activity in parallel with increased order of membrane lipids: implications for depletion of endoplasmic reticulum calcium stores and apoptosis in cholesterol-loaded macrophages.

    Yankun Li;Mingtao Ge;Laura Ciani;George Kuriakose

  • Structural basis of Smoothened regulation by its extracellular domains

    Eamon F. X. Byrne;Ria Sircar;Paul S. Miller;George Hedger

  • Sterol Intermediates from Cholesterol Biosynthetic Pathway as Liver X Receptor Ligands

    Chendong Yang;Jeffrey G. McDonald;Amit Patel;Yuan Zhang

  • Gastrointestinal absorption and plasma kinetics of soy Δ5-phytosterols and phytostanols in humans

    Richard E. Ostlund;Janet B. McGill;Chun-Min Zeng;Douglas F. Covey

  • Oxysterols are allosteric activators of the oncoprotein Smoothened

    Sigrid Nachtergaele;Laurel K Mydock;Kathiresan Krishnan;Jayan Rammohan

  • Identification and Characterization of Cholest-4-en-3-one, Oxime (TRO19622), a Novel Drug Candidate for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

    Thierry Bordet;Bruno Buisson;Magali Michaud;Cyrille Drouot

  • Fatty acid synthesis configures the plasma membrane for inflammation in diabetes

    Xiaochao Wei;Haowei Song;Li Yin;Michael G. Rizzo

  • Anticonvulsant medications extend worm life-span.

    Kimberley Evason;Cheng Huang;Idella Yamben;Douglas F. Covey

  • Cholesterol activates the G-protein coupled receptor Smoothened to promote Hedgehog signaling.

    Giovanni Luchetti;Ria Sircar;Jennifer H Kong;Sigrid Nachtergaele

  • Neurosteroids, stress and depression: Potential therapeutic opportunities

    Charles F. Zorumski;Steven M. Paul;Yukitoshi Izumi;Douglas F. Covey

  • Mechanisms of neurosteroid interactions with GABAA receptors

    Gustav Akk;Douglas F. Covey;Alex S. Evers;Joe Henry Steinbach

  • 3beta -hydroxypregnane steroids are pregnenolone sulfate-like GABA(A) receptor antagonists.

    Mingde Wang;Yejun He;Lawrence N. Eisenman;Christopher Fields

  • Interaction of picrotoxin with GABAA receptor channel-lining residues probed in cysteine mutants

    Ming Xu;D. F. Covey;M. H. Akabas

  • 10 beta-propynyl-substituted steroids. Mechanism-based enzyme-activated irreversible inhibitors of estrogen biosynthesis.

    D F Covey;W F Hood;V D Parikh

  • Pregnane X receptor (PXR) activation: A mechanism for neuroprotection in a mouse model of Niemann-Pick C disease

    S. Joshua Langmade;Sarah E. Gale;Andrey Frolov;Ikuko Mohri

  • Structure and function of the Smoothened extracellular domain in vertebrate Hedgehog signaling

    Sigrid Nachtergaele;Daniel M Whalen;Laurel K Mydock;Zhonghua Zhao

  • Cholesterol Depletion Results in Site-specific Increases in Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Phosphorylation due to Membrane Level Effects STUDIES WITH CHOLESTEROL ENANTIOMERS

    Emily J. Westover;Douglas F. Covey;Howard L. Brockman;Rhoderick E. Brown

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles F. Zorumski
Charles F. Zorumski Washington University in St. Louis
Steven Mennerick
Steven Mennerick Washington University in St. Louis
Joe Henry Steinbach
Joe Henry Steinbach Washington University in St. Louis
James W. Simpkins
James W. Simpkins West Virginia University
Slobodan M. Todorovic
Slobodan M. Todorovic University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Daniel S. Ory
Daniel S. Ory Washington University in St. Louis
James A. Ferrendelli
James A. Ferrendelli The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Christian Siebold
Christian Siebold University of Oxford
Nigam P. Rath
Nigam P. Rath University of Missouri–St. Louis
Yukitoshi Izumi
Yukitoshi Izumi Washington University in St. Louis

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